Monday, December 24, 2007

Afghan insurgents hiding bombs in corpses

H/T National Post/CanWest

It can't be. Because islam is all about peace and respect, right?

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Insurgents here have booby-trapped two human corpses with bombs recently, killing two Afghan civilians in Kandahar Province, says a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.

An improvised explosive device concealed by an Afghan decapitated by insurgents killed two civilians and wounded two others on Dec. 21, after they discovered the body in a cemetery outside Kandahar City, ISAF Brig.-Gen. Carlos Branco said Monday.

A second booby-trapped dead body of a man was discovered about 18 kilometres from the first, just outside of Kandahar City, on December 23. It caused no casualties.


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1 comment:

Yankee Doodle said...

Well, hell, they use LIVING guys as suicide bombers, why not use dead guys? At least that makes a little more sense, even if it (and most of the rest of the things they do) violates the laws of armed combat.